Ubuntu Linux RAID 0/1/5/6/10 Disk Testing

RAID mdadm benchmarks with four Intel SSDs using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 levels on Linux 3.18 kernel with various file-systems. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1411054-LI-BTRFSRAID55&sor&gru.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNative Btrfsmdadm Btrfsmdadm EXT4mdadm XFSmdadm F2FS RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB4 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MBIntel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0radeon 7.4.03.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1btrfs2560x1600ext4xfsf2fsOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- Native Btrfs: RAID 0: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: RAID 1: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: RAID 10: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: RAID 5: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- Native Btrfs: RAID 6: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache,ssd- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 0: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 1: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 10: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 5: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm Btrfs: RAID 6: DEADLINE / relatime,rw,space_cache- mdadm EXT4: RAID 0: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=512- mdadm EXT4: RAID 1: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw- mdadm EXT4: RAID 10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=256- mdadm EXT4: RAID 5: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=384- mdadm EXT4: RAID 6: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw,stripe=256- mdadm XFS: RAID 0: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=4096- mdadm XFS: RAID 1: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw- mdadm XFS: RAID 10: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=2048- mdadm XFS: RAID 5: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=3072- mdadm XFS: RAID 6: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,sunit=1024,swidth=2048- mdadm F2FS: RAID 0: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr- mdadm F2FS: RAID 1: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr- mdadm F2FS: RAID 10: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr- mdadm F2FS: RAID 5: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattr- mdadm F2FS: RAID 6: DEADLINE / acl,active_logs=6,background_gc=on,relatime,rw,user_xattrProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.8.

fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threadsfs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Sizefio: Rand Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - Libaio - No - 16KB - Default Test Directory - MB/siozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performancecompilebench: Initial CreateNative Btrfsmdadm Btrfsmdadm EXT4mdadm XFSmdadm F2FS RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 641.4383.7340.73758.26497.23824.97319.411142.43206.7435.1069.0335.63233.00128.00323.80130.32584.85187.7238.3377.0738.50469.10267.48450.78272.19599.32177.5438.8779.8739.17742.06248.93869.68242.55876.77189.5938.2075.4737.73653.54214.56960.89208.96598.43195.0239.6092.0039.43816.02381.45385.341141.18178.3134.0364.0033.43224.69109.22854.98109.97280.39160.5837.8075.6036.93695.44159.53843.68161.90478.65156.9733.3764.7332.10792.61214.31879.09209.60438.55156.2130.4356.8030.63909.98179.73925.05172.72315.85151.6438.9790.4038.73818.33421.37508.731111.26325.1833.9099.5734.80214.45110.32303.30115.34302.75303.0437.0378.1336.80684.95163.86199.95585.30306.3731.1084.0731689.39146.07957.59192.80441.27316.1732.2770.4332.00854.92134.18155.78385.39320.8242.4388.7340.73841.97393.49398.741111.56264.3834.0768.9032.77236.43115.51301.16115.82303.50228.1939.5781.7035.83384.53166.75214.94588.42228.2032.1058.1030.33751.77151.05197.19580.95255.9930.9353.8329.23928.27129.62154.10473.17271.6265.8786.5766.40872.84387.04419.291100.42331.3353.5080.6353.57239.73109.58299.58113.35303.32328.7962.8777.9761.30741.30177.32200.36566.14352.4756.3775.5052.47736.18149.41196.78421.86377.7750.7367.8351.40916.30131.26997.53152.53350.84348.76OpenBenchmarking.org

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

MinAvgMaxmdadm F2FS50.757.965.9mdadm XFS30.935.842.4Native Btrfs35.138.441.4mdadm Btrfs30.435.039.6mdadm EXT431.134.739.0OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeRAID 0RAID 10RAID 5RAID 1RAID 620406080100

FS-Mark

Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads

MinAvgMaxmdadm EXT470.484.599.6mdadm Btrfs56.870.692.0mdadm XFS53.870.388.7mdadm F2FS67.877.786.6Native Btrfs69.077.083.7OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 ThreadsRAID 1RAID 0RAID 5RAID 10RAID 620406080100

FS-Mark

Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size

MinAvgMaxmdadm F2FS51.457.066.4mdadm XFS29.233.840.7Native Btrfs35.638.440.7mdadm Btrfs30.634.539.4mdadm EXT431.034.738.7OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB SizeRAID 0RAID 10RAID 1RAID 5RAID 620406080100

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxmdadm XFS236629928mdadm F2FS240701916mdadm Btrfs225688910mdadm EXT4214652855Native Btrfs233571758OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID 6RAID 0RAID 5RAID 10RAID 12004006008001000

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs128.0271.2497.2mdadm EXT4110.3195.2421.4mdadm XFS115.5191.3393.5mdadm F2FS109.6190.9387.0mdadm Btrfs109.2208.8381.5OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID 0RAID 10RAID 5RAID 6RAID 1130260390520650

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxmdadm F2FS300649998Native Btrfs324686961mdadm EXT4303630958mdadm Btrfs844876925mdadm XFS301301301OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID 6RAID 5RAID 1RAID 10RAID 02004006008001000

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

MinAvgMaxmdadm EXT4115.3234.5508.7mdadm F2FS113.4216.5419.3mdadm XFS115.8216.2398.7mdadm Btrfs110.0207.9385.3Native Btrfs130.3234.7319.4OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.11Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sRAID 0RAID 10RAID 5RAID 6RAID 1130260390520650

IOzone

Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

MinAvgMaxNative Btrfs5857601142mdadm Btrfs2805311141mdadm XFS3046121112mdadm EXT43035651111mdadm F2FS3035491100OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceRAID 0RAID 5RAID 10RAID 6RAID 12004006008001000

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

MinAvgMaxmdadm F2FS328.8347.8377.8mdadm EXT4303.0314.3325.2mdadm XFS228.2249.7271.6Native Btrfs177.5191.3206.7mdadm Btrfs151.6160.7178.3OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateRAID 5RAID 10RAID 6RAID 0RAID 1100200300400500

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